Stupid,funny theft story

So last night I left my mountain bike out in the back of my truck, got home around 8:20- had my bike shoes and running shoes in the front of the truck- I live in the country, really know most of my neighbors for like 20 years, never crime etc…

Went out to the truck this morning, bike is gone- grab my stuff up front, bike shoes are gone, running shoes are gone. WTF right? I look around a little bit, my bike shoes were laying on the ground, person couldn’t figure them out(woot for speedplays) and next to them were another pair of shoes that weren’t mine- the dude swapped my shoes(black and yellow with neon green yanks!) for his piece of junk worn out sneaks. At least he now has shoes to impress people when high school starts. Filled out police report, its tough to describe a bike in laymans terms to someone that has no clue(not his fault, outside of us, how would you describe the whole speedplay pedal thing?) and the bike computer and such. We know who did it- its the proving it- hoping the kid will walk by the house with my addidas on sometime! But just messed up sometimes- and with an off road duathlon in 3 weeks, we shall see if I scramble to pull something together- my girlfriends giant would work, not the best, but better than running the bike part!!!

Venting over, thanks!

We know who did it- its the proving it- hoping the kid will walk by the house with my addidas on sometime!

If you know who did it, why can’t you just go over to his house and collect your stuff?

Cause sadly, I can’t absolutly prove it- but since hes stupid enough to leave his shoes, he’ll be stupid enough to have the bike out or my sneakers on- bigest problem is his parents apparently are into drugs, so they may be involved as well if he sells the stuff he steals…

If you live in the country, why didn’t your dog chase him down?

Girlfriend had the puppy, and at this stage, not sure shes vicious, she may have pee’d on him- maybe!

Just get the police canine squad to sniff the shoes and sniff the kid! Can’t the cops just search their place?

I still think the funniest theft story would be watching an opportunist try and swipe a road bike outside a coffee shop, jump on only to find that the ‘power cranks’ things are broken!

Or get on a fixie w/o brakes and run into an intersection because they can’t stop.